My 200g Baby finally got it set up

[bstevens]

Ok as alot of you know i have been away for a awhile serving over in Iraq.
When i got home it was take care of the wife and family then no holds bar on my tank.
Tryed to keep the pictures updated throughout the process so here it ges with pics.
This is a custom leemar tank so normal does not fit.
 
Here are the lights after i put them in. 72" lights 69" cabinet..






There are no pictures of me installing the sump but i had to cut out the end of the cabinet to get it in.



Then it was off to JT's (thanks JT) had an acrylic tank i used to section off part of my tank for a fuge. here is a drawing and picture.
I didnt want fish to go behind the wall and hide permanently so i sectioned it off and putting sand and cheato back there.
(Daughter took pictures with my point and shoot, no she cant use my nice cameras)






Now it was time to finish putting in water..Marlon came with water and helped fill the tank.
Marlon your the best I cant say enough on how cool you are and how much respect you earned at my house your always welcome here.



200 g later!!



Now sit back and look at the tank and work on things to quit the pump...and let it warm up...

[Stan]

looks like you've got a good start on an awesome tank. Keep the pictures coming

[michael]

nice tank and a great size, im looking forward to more photos when its cycled and there is stock in it, leo can understand pros and cons about a tank that size, his is a 225, i would love a tank like that, oh and welcome back to the forum.

mike

[Flipside]

That tank looks awesome, man!  Glad you made it back safely, too.

Just out of curiosity, how high are those T5's from the water?

[bstevens]

The t5 are about 10 inches off the top of the water.
We also have more rock cycling in another tank.


Full of stock and running

[Hosser]

Looks great man!.... fuge area is very cool, utilizing the tank light and keeping it up in the display yet unseen is a nice touch. We are all of course going to want to know flow, bulbs used, how long its been running, stock list, you know the drill haha....we are an inquisitive bunch ya know.

[ls1fst98]

first and foremost, thank you for serving and protecting us.

now, nice tank and cant wait to see how it progresses.

[Flipside]

That's a very nice looking tank!  Are you overdriving the bulbs, because that seems a little high off the water... however, the pics really show that there's a LOT of light getting in there so it may just work perfectly.

Would love a shot of the sump when you're done.  I'm fiendin' to build a new one.

[bstevens]

Ok here is the brekdown
T5s 5 true blue and 3 10000k
there are 2 rio 400 with 1600 conversion kits done to them and a 1920 eheim pushing through my sump.
I am getting my skimmer on thurs 04-01-10 its an Octopuss extreme 250
Its only been running a few days but i had about 60g of water in it to keep the rock and sand cycled

Live stock in it is
Fish
A pair of occ's clowns
A marine beta (comet fish)
Coral Beauty
Thursday will have a black sailfin blenny
and some blue damsel i got when i did a tank breakdown

Coral
Acans (Red)
Favia
Australian Hammer
fire and ice zoas
joker zoas
birdnest (the temp tank bleached it out)
Frogspawn
maze craze brain
3 rics
neon green candy canes
GSP
Purple leather
Cant forget my toadstool